Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD ... leading to bleeding in the lower sections of the brain. Wernicke disease can cause physical symptoms like double vision and a loss of muscle coordination.

In humans, a very similar disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob causes slow degeneration of the brain. It is believed that mad cow disease in humans is a new variant of that disease. How common is mad cow ...

Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death has been determined after the Dodgers legend died last month at the age of 63. According ...

someone taking pituitary-derived growth hormone developed a fatal brain disease that causes dementia called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Researchers suspected there may be a link between ...

The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), often referred to as "zombie deer disease," has been steadily spreading through deer ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of ... by an abnormal folding of proteins in the brain, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." They affect the brain, disrupting or destroying neurons in large ...

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

Scientists say more cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob ... disease. Annie McVey In 1996 10 people were known to have contracted a human form of the disease - vCJD. VCJD progressively attacks the brain ...